67 cluster lights

[Keith B.]

dads 67 cluster lights are not working with a new light switch. but if you run a hot wire from the fuse block to the wire ends the cluster will light up. but using the switch you get nothing. what am I missing

[William C.]

Re: 67 cluster lights

Have you rotated the switch to the "full bright" position?

[Keith B.]

Re: 67 cluster lights

Have you rotated the switch to the "full bright" position?

yes everything working fine until we pulled the cluster to fix the odometer

[William C.]

Re: 67 cluster lights

Well, interestingly enough, the lamps are not fed directly from the switch, but the switch feeds the fuseblock and the power to each lamp is them delivered to the lamps. I'd check the connection of the 44 wire at the switch, and the check for power thru the fuse to the lamps. The 44 is the third one down starting from the edge farthest away from the wiring harness bundle.

[Keith B.]

Re: 67 cluster lights

Well, interestingly enough, the lamps are not fed directly from the switch, but the switch feeds the fuseblock and the power to each lamp is them delivered to the lamps. I'd check the connection of the 44 wire at the switch, and the check for power thru the fuse to the lamps. The 44 is the third one down starting from the edge farthest away from the wiring harness bundle.

Alright will have to try and clean up the switch plug.

[William C.]

Re: 67 cluster lights

Just as a curiosity, is the ground wire from the IP harness properly connected to the male terminal at the top of the cluster?

[Keith B.]

Re: 67 cluster lights

Just as a curiosity, is the ground wire from the IP harness properly connected to the male terminal at the top of the cluster?

yes that was the first things we checked

[Keith B.]

Re: 67 cluster lights

Alright I cleaned up and checked the terminals on the plug all were in good working order. checked all with a 12 volt test light and all were had current with the switch plugged in. but I still have no cluster lights or curtsy lights through the switch. again if I run a hot wire to the terminals to the switch everything works fine. how can 2 new switches be bad or not causing things to work

[Brian M.]

Re: 67 cluster lights

Is the ground wire connected?

[Rich P.]

Re: 67 cluster lights

how can 2 new switches be bad or not causing things to work

Keith,

last year I put 2 new switches in a 67 I restored for a customer. Both did not work properly. I found a good original in my parts stash , I isntalled it and everythig was fine. The new repro switches are crap. I don't know if it's a batch of bad ones or what???

Rich

[Tom M.]

Re: 67 cluster lights

Keith, why not try swapping the one from the other car.

Tom M

[Stephen L.]

Re: 67 cluster lights

Keith, using an ohm meter, check the switch operation/continuity. That will tell you if the switch is bad or not.

To do this, check from the 12v input pole to the instrument lights output pole, on the rear of the switch. Don't forget to rotate the switch to check the dimmer function (no/low resistance = bright instrument lights).

[Keith B.]

Re: 67 cluster lights

ok update took the switch convertible with non working cluster lights and tried the switch in our other car and it worked just fine. so its not the switch